Gen Z Chat Fallacy Practice

1. “Everybody got them Red Thunder kicks—I ain’t tryna be the only one rockin’ Vans.”
   

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

“You let your girl hang out with her ex once, next thing you know she leavin’ you for him and takin’ your hoodie.”

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

“Man, shut up—you don’t even wash your gym clothes. Ain’t nobody ask for your opinion.”

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

“You either with us or you fake. Ain’t no halfway loyalty.”

• False Dilemma

• Straw Man

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

“That one sub was trash—man, all subs be useless.”

• False Dilemma

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

“Either you post that story or you shady. What’s up?”

• Ad Hominen

• Hasty Generalization

• False Dilemma

• Straw Man

“All I said was the rules mad strict—why you actin’ like I’m tryna burn down the school?”

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

“He always talkin’ smart but still eatin’ lunch alone. Sit down.”

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominen

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

1. “First they let us wear hoodies, next thing you know, folks comin’ in robes and slides like it’s pajama day every day.”
   

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominen

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

“The whole squad skippin’ 3rd period—why you tryna act brand new?

• Hasty Generalization

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope